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Flash Rip

By: Keira Andrews
Narrated by: Joel Leslie
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On Australia's hottest beach, the most dangerous current is between them.  

Training to be a lifeguard is tough work, but Cody Grant loves a challenge. He spends long days in the sun and surf rescuing swimmers from treacherous rip currents while trying not to lust after senior lifeguard Liam Fox - who is deeply, painfully closeted.  

Liam was supposed to be a football legend. Now in his mid-30s, it's been over a decade since his dream shattered along with his knee. Fans still recognize him regularly, and he's terrified his sexuality will be discovered and his conservative parents will reject him. He has strict rules to protect his secret and keeps everyone at arm's length.  

Out and proud Cody fascinates Liam - and tempts him to break all the rules.  

Cody is practically half Liam's size and age, but has the confidence and compassion to take charge and give Liam the release, affection, and acceptance he desperately craves. But how long can a secret affair satisfy their hearts? As if saving lives isn't hard enough, Cody faces his greatest challenge yet convincing Liam to trust him and find the courage to live out loud.  

Contains mature themes.

©2019 Keira Andrews (P)2020 Tantor
  • Unabridged Audiobook
  • Categories: LGBTQ+

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Aussie lifesaver romance!

Barkers Beach, on the coast of Perth, Western Australia, is a patrolled by a keen group of lifesavers and Canadian trainee Cody Grant is enjoying learning the ropes and spending time with hunky senior lifeguard Liam Fox. While Cody is out and proud, Liam has never come out to anyone and never intends to. As Cody and Liam grow closer, it’s not only the rips which are dangerous. I loved the novelty of a m/m age-gap romance between two lifesavers but more than that, Keira Andrews recreates episodes of Bondi Rescue as we watch the lifesavers deal with a variety of gripping rescues and uncooperative beach goers. The romance is also hot and steamy: publicly the experienced Liam teaches Cody about lifesaving while privately the younger dominant Cody shares his experience of gay sex with the older submissive Liam. There’s a lot of homophobia in Liam’s past and some excellent messaging about rejecting toxic masculinity. It will be clear to any Australian that audio narrator superstar Joel Leslie is not Australian, but he provides pretty credible Aussie accents most of the time and it’s never a chore to listen to him (currently free on the Audible Plus catalogue).

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I’ve had a few Keira Andrews books sitting in my Audible app for a while and am glad I finally queued this one up, it was a great intro to her writing. At times a little too ocker, but overall, the book does a pretty good job of portraying surf life saving and a day on the beach in Australia.

I loved Cody and Liam (and many of the other characters) and I think Liam’s inner homophobia and self growth was depicted with authenticity and Cody’s strength shone through. I enjoyed their journey and they were hot 🔥

Joel Leslie is probably my favourite MM narrator, he’s versatile and brings characters and scenes (especially funny ones), to life with such vibrancy and humour and as I have said in other reviews, his Aussie accent is quality. The only thing that he doesn’t do well is younger female voices, the characters always sound 50-60+ and on this occasion there were some errors in pronunciation but that won’t ever stop me from getting my regular Joel fix !!

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Great story, this one's on repeat!

Good job with the Aussie accent and "down under-isms" would love to see Liam and Cody make another appearance.

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